Sign holder



June so, 1970 v s. C. NESTEGARD Sm HOLDER Filed Sept. 11. 1967 w mm WmW5 N m m C m 0 m J ATTORNEY United States Patent 01 3,517,905 PatentedJune 30, 1970 3,517,905 SIGN HOLDER Sander Charles Nestegard, 403 KarenPlace, White Bear Lake, Minn. 55110 Filed Sept. 11, 1967, Ser. No.666,790 Int. Cl. G09f 7/18 US. Cl. 248-469 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THEDISCLOSURE A sign holder having a triangular shape in plan fordisplaying three equal sized rectangular cards to make the holdermultidirectional.

This invention relates to a sign holder and specifically to sign holdersas used in retail stores to advise the buying public of sales, prices,brand names, etc.

It has previously been commonplace for retail stores to use sign holdersfor display advertising and pricing, which holders have rectangularframes to receive two back-to-back rectangular cards to affordtwo-directional viewing of the sign. The known holders are formed with aslot in the center at the top of the holder to receive and frame thepair of back-to-back cards in rectangular openings in the opposite sidesof the holder. These frames are formed in various ways and generallyhave a standard or sleeve secured below the frame to receive a support.

The present invention affords a new and novel holder to support displaycards and thus attract the buyers attention and will be readable fromany direction around the holder.

The sign holder of the present invention is relatively simple inconstruction, but in the many years of retail store fixturemanufacturing has not been present.

The sign holder of the present invention permits easy insertion of thecards and properly supports the card against warping or bowing due tochanges in humidity.

The sign holder of this invention comprises a closed equilateralthree-sided frame with each side having a rectangular configuration andan enlarged central rectangular opening and a base connecting andsecured adjacent the bottom of each side.

The above and further novel features and advantages of the sign holderof the present invention will be more fully understood after reading thefollowing detailed description which refers to the accompanying drawingwherem:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sign holder formed in accordance withthe present invention;

FIG. 2 is a plan view; and

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view.

The sign holder is formed preferably from sheet stock of steel oraluminum. It is stamped to form two connected rectangular frame sectionsor sides and two integral parallel bars which form the upper and lowerbars of the third frame. The two sides are formed by three wide stripsjoined by four narrower parallel bars. The free ends of the two parallelbars may be joined as by welding or soldering to the strip forming onevertical edge of the first frame after the stamped section is bent atthe center of each of the wide strips back upon itself at an angle of 60to form a closed triangular frame.

The closed frame thus formed comprises three equilateral sides 11, 12and 13. The side 13 is formed by joining the free ends of bars 14 and 15to an edge of a vertically disposed strip 16 as by weldments indicatedat 17. Strip 16, with a strip 18 and bars 19 and 20, form the first side11. Strip 18 and a strip 21, with connecting bars 22 and 23, form thesecond side 12. Bending strips 16, 18 and 21 along their longitudinalaxis gives them an appearance from a position normal to the sides of awidth equal to that of the upper and lower bars forming for each side aframe of a symmetrical configuration.

A base 24 is provided for the holder and comprises means joined to eachof the sides adjacent their lower edge and extending toward the centerof the frame which afford means to hold the display cards in the holder.The base illustrated is a plate having three arm members, each joined ata free end to the lower inner edge of a side as by welding. In theillustrated embodiment the base 24 has an esthetic shape formed ofcurves in a three-prong design with a projection or normally upwardlyprojecting support member 25 positioned near each side in spacedparallel relation thereto. The spacing being sufiicient to receive apasteboard card 26 of at least 10 ply between the members 25 and thebars 13, 20 and 23. The width of each side is sufiicient to receive astandard width display card with the edges of each card meeting in thecorners and providing mutual support on the edges. The projectingmembers 25 provide a central support to restrict bowing of the cards 26with changes in humidity. In the disclosed device the members 25 areshort tabs cut out and bent upwardly from the plate 24 and have a heightnot greater than the width of a bar.

Beneath the center of base 24 is secured the supporting means for thesign holder 10. In the illustrated device the support is a cylindricalsleeve 27 formed at one end with a small reduced diameter stem which mayfit in an opening in the center of base plate 24 and be swagged orotherwise secured therein.

A rod 28 is fitted in the center bore of sleeve 27, which rod projectsupward from a heavy base member 30 having an esthetic scallopedconfiguration.

The sides 11, 12, and 13 may be of a size to frame any conventional signcards, whether 5 /2 x 7 inches, 7 x 11 inches, 11 x 14 inches, 14 x 22inches, or 22 x 28 inches. and either dimension of each size being thewidth dimen- S1011.

Having thus described the present invention, it is to be understood thatslight modifications may be made herein, but all such modifications arecontemplated as within the spirit and scope of this invention which arecovered by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A sign holder for supporting three card-like signs in a triangulararray with each card framed by a rectangular border, said holdercomprising three planar sides of equal height joined one to the other attheir edges to form a triangle, each side being defined by four thinplanar bars of equal width forming a thin planar rectangular frame abouta rectangular center opening, a base joining said three sides at thebottom and centrally of each side, and a support member projecting fromthe base near the center of each side in spaced relationship theretowhereby said signs positioned within the holder adjacent and parallel toeach side areheld in vertical position behind each side by the base andin a planar position therewith by the support members and by contactingeach other adjacent the inner corners of the holder.

2. A sign holder according to claim 1 wherein said support membercomprises a short tab projecting upward from the base.

3. A sign holder according to claim 1 wherein said frame forms anequilateral triangle in plan with equal-sized sides.

4. A sign holder according to claim 3 including a support for the holdersecured to the center of the base and depending therefrom.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS ROY D. FRAZIER, Primary ExaminerF. DOMOTOR, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R.

